Science
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Skepchick Quickies 7.24
ABC news site features What’s The Harm– With an emphasis on cranky vegans. A bad week for alternative medicine– You have to love a news article with a title like that. Okay, so a better one would be “Alt Medicine is made of FAIL” but I don’t hold out much hope for that. Ninjas trying to steal communion wafers– Shouldn’t…
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Posted at 4:20
After being away for a couple weeks surfing in Mexico, I wanted my return post to be about skepticism south of the border, or the science of tides and waves, or something really cool like that. Barring any insightful thoughts on those subjects, I thought at the very least I’d post about something unique, like perhaps an expose of the training regimen of the world’s greatest blind skee-ball player.…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.22
Number of creatures in the “Spore” database exceed the number of known species on Earth– From Steve. South Dakota abortion providers must tell women abortion terminates “life”– “Starting Friday, doctors in South Dakota must tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life and may cause them psychological harm, the state attorney general said.” Because, you know, carrying…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.18
Bush administration pushing forward “conscience clause” regulations– These would allow health care workers to deny birth control services without any repercussion. They would also, “… deliberately confuse the definitions of contraception and abortion, which also make it more difficult for women to obtain birth control.” So put your Reps and Senators on speed dial and tell them that you think women…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.17
Save the cracker– There’s no way I can introduce this, just go look. How to reliably stop male snoring– It only works on males, though. Thanks, Warren. Should I take a multivitamin? – Tempted to print off copies of this to hand out to everyone I know and every doctor who gives me the evil eye for not taking vitamins.…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.15
Victoria’s Secret sells “bust-firming” bra– If I’m reading this right, it claims to improve water retention of your skin, thereby firming your bust. So is this basically a moisturizing bra? Binge drinking occurs where there’s binge drinking– Thank you, science, for getting to the heart of this matter. Sprogs invent way to solve world hunger: the cow-chicken– I love this…
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Sunday Challenge: Is My Microwave Killing Me?
My Twitter status: rebeccawatson can’t use the microwave at the same time as the Internet. I’m practically Amish. From chat: Joshua: I’m going to take a moment to mock your techno-suffering. BWahahahahahahaha. me: my suffering only lasts 30 seconds to 5 min., so…. Joshua: It’s somewhat troublesome, though. I’m guessing that your WiFi signal is getting knocked out when you…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.11
Omfg, I’m sitting here waiting for maintenance guys to come turn off the beeping alarm and my soul is slowly being killed beep by BEEP. If I had a soul, anyway. TGIF, at least. Monkeys practice world’s oldest profession– Don’t you high hat capuchin prostimonkeys! Religious right boycotts McDonald’s– Because McDonald’s supports the homosexual agenda. Which apparently includes fries and cheeseburgers?…
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